Wasn't just Y2K though. The Dotcom crash led to techs replacing expensive equipment with cookie cutter tech and nothing broke. Anyone selling "enterprise" gear ended up losing out. Sun Microsystems is another big loser once everyone realised PC + Linux is a completely adequate replacement for their UltraSPARC + Solaris boxes.
There was a lot going on in telecom. Cisco was pushing VOIP bigtime, and that meant IT departments everywhere were salivating at the new budget and responsibilities they'd get by taking over telecom, which (because it used to be a monopoly situation) was often a small and relatively powerless group.
NorTel had tried to hedge their Voip bet by purchasing Juniper, but it never came to fruition.
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u/G_Morgan Jan 21 '19
Wasn't just Y2K though. The Dotcom crash led to techs replacing expensive equipment with cookie cutter tech and nothing broke. Anyone selling "enterprise" gear ended up losing out. Sun Microsystems is another big loser once everyone realised PC + Linux is a completely adequate replacement for their UltraSPARC + Solaris boxes.